Category: Autoblog

Powertrain engineering specialists FEV are showing off a number of new technologies at the SAE World Congress this week including this new NOx reduction system for diesel engines. The basic principle of the Solid SCR is the same as the urea injection…

In 2002 California passed legislation to require carmakers to reduce tailpipe emissions of greenhouse gases by thirty percent by 2016 and now three US Senators want to expand those rules to the rest of the country. California Senator Diane Feinstein,…

UPDATE: Additional shots added to the high-res
Click on the photo for a high-res gallery of the Chevy Groove Concept
Of the Chevrolet triplets unveiled at the Javits Center this morning, the Groove is the only one powered by a diesel engine, at least…

Renault has rolled out a new concept in Paris today that gives a preview of what we might expect when Project Better Place kicks off in a couple of years. The Z.E. Concept is based on the Kangoo Be Bop that is also debuting at the Paris Show. The…

Click the 123d for a high res gallery
Recently, BMW added a fourth, even more efficient diesel variant to the 1-series lineup in Europe. The new 116d joins the 118d, 120d, and 123d. The 116d uses the same 2.0L four cylinder engine as its more…

The green evolution in big-time racing is continuing. Audi may be getting some serious competition for overall victory at LeMans since 1999 (the Bentley victory was really a closed top R8 in spite of the British racing green paint job). Today Peugeot…

UPDATE: New live shots added to the gallery!
Click on the photo to see a live gallery of the US debut of the new C-Class
Mercedes-Benz took the wraps off of the 2008 C-Class for the first time in the United States at the New York Auto Show yesterday.…

Ballard Power Systems has reached an agreement to sell their electric drive operations to Siemens VDO. Ballard indicated back in October their intention to get out of that business and focus on fuel cells. Apparently motor operations were causing a…

click above for a high res gallery of the production Mitsubishi iMiEV
In conjunction with the launch of series production of its iMiEV yesterday, Mitsubishi has released a whole batch of new images. There isn't much new information that we haven't…

Click on the Golf BlueMotion for high res images
At next month's Frankfurt Motor Show, Volkswagen will be showing six of their high-mileage, low-emissions BlueMotion models and they have just released some details on the new Golf BlueMotion. Cutting…